Quadro RTX 5000 X2 Mobile vs GeForce GTX 1660

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking	170	not rated
Place by popularity	47	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	25.02	no data
Architecture	Turing (2018−2021)	Turing (2018−2021)
GPU code name	Turing TU116	TU104
Market segment	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Release date	14 March 2019 (5 years ago)	8 June 2020 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$219	no data
Current price	$252 (1.2x MSRP)	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	1408	3072
Core clock speed	1530 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1785 MHz	1530 MHz
Number of transistors	6,600 million	13,600 million
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	110 Watt
Texture fill rate	157.1	293.8

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 1660 and Quadro RTX 5000 X2 Mobile compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	229 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	no data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	16 GB
Memory bus width	192 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	8000 MHz	14 GB/s
Memory bandwidth	192.1 GB/s	448.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	no data

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	Portable Device Dependent
HDMI	+	no data

API compatibility

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.5	6.7
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.3
CUDA	7.5	7.5

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	14 March 2019	8 June 2020
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	16 GB
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	110 Watt

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